This source is rather compressed and blown out. It kinda makes it more "Metal Dead" but I think I prefer the "5/29" source. Great ass-kickin Other One sequence but argh, a cut would come right when Jerry's doing that circular loopy thing that always built up the Reprise into a final big crescendo which I love so much. It's like tapes that cut during Jerry's fanning in Caution.

Whoah, I've been trying to find this show for years. It is ironic that Santana was also in this show, because the first time I seriously tried to find it was when Santana opened for the Dead at either their first or 2nd show at UNLV. (University of Las Vegas ) I was tripping balls and went from the floor, up to the top. There was a table with a place on paper where you could request a show, that DL would look for in the Vault. The 2nd time was when I recently learn of the Deadhead archives app, and downloaded it. The third time was today when I saw a story, leading me to archive.org. Although the show is only partly here, I remember the lineup as clearly as if the show had been yesterday. It started with Lee Michael's, then a band called Tarantula ( supposedly from the bay area, ) and then Santana ( rumored to be their first shows outside the bay area) then Canned Heat, Then the Dead. So I had a 5 star time of it, and it was only $7 because it was part of "Student Activities" that the SD State students had paid for. I wont say much about it other than seeing these bands one after another was one of the highlights of my life. But I will say this, the concert was all day and it must have been during some serious testing because by the time the Dead played Lovelight, ( and I seem to remember that the show was on a Sunday ) most of the students, who made up the bulk of the show goers, were gone. Some girl came up to me right when the show ended and asked me if I was a Marine. I told her yes, I was stationed in San Diego at M.C.R.D. in "field radio operators school" and had been for 4 months. She asked me if I had orders for Vietnam and I said "yes" she told me that she was from the "underground railroad" and that she could get me out of the country into Canada and they would house me and find me a job. I told her no thanks and that my father, a WW2 Seabee who had built landing zones, with Marines guarding them to enable it, in both Japan and Germany, would find me in Canada and probably blow my head off for not doing my duty to "God and country". Anybody who wants a great example of what an outdoor, stadium Dead show, and all those other acts, should have a good listen to this show, and please if anybody has the rest of the Deads songs played, are this great show, upload it to arcive.org. As anyone would be, after finding their first Dead show after more than a 1/2 century. I am ecstatic. Now I'm going to listen..WOW..I still cant believe it.

As it has been pointed out since 2004 by Terry Doherty: This is a duplicate of the material listed as having been performed on 5/29/69 Santa Barbara. Apparently there is some confusion as to which date this performance belongs. The show on this page is much more muddy in comparison. Go for the better quality recording of this show at: https://archive.org/details/gd69-05-29.sbd.jim.14018.sbeok.shnf

the other one > cryptical reprise segment is jaw dropping

There's a 7 minute video from this show with New Potato Caboose dubbed over it. Jerry is totally fired up - well worth seeing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXPNCBGb5M

The Grateful Dead played at the Aztec Bowl. 5/11/69 my birthday. Funny, in all the years on archive I never bothered to look up the date.

I was at this concert and just stopped by to fill in some blanks. I'm interested in listening to it because at the time, I certainly ``got'' Santana -- which was indeed called the Santana Blues Band and had just recently started touring; they were mind-boggling -- but the Dead set left me unimpressed. Probably didn't get 'em in the same way. Also it was a very warm day.
Also on the bill that day, besides the local band Tarantula, was Lee Michaels and his drummer Frosty.

The sound's a little shaky, & there are a lot of cuts, but it was obviously a great show.

What a day! As others have noted, Canned Heat, Santana and if I recall corectly, a band called Tarantula.

The Dead/Santana jam was amazing in reality. The Dead sort of joined Santana as they finished and Santana members gradually left until it was just The Dead. I believe this was Santana's first major appearance in San Diego and they were still known as the Santana Blues Band.

Maybe someone at KPBS, which has radio and TV on campus, might find a recording in an archive somewhere. This date does have some historical importance for San Diego, The Grateful Dead, and Santana.

was there anybody there that took some video of that concert, i was there. :>

Happily, I was at the show, which took place on Mother's Day 1969. It was broadcast live on KPRI 106.5 San Diego. As I recall I was working for KDEO at the time. Somewhere out there someone has a very good tape of this. A highlight was a Dead/Santana Jam.

Thanks for the heads up, Terry. A quick listen reveals that the "5/29" is less muffled and perhaps better SQ overall.

Too bad , a nice performance from what I could put up with.

This is a duplicate of the material listed as having been performed on 5/29/69 Santa Barbara. Apparently there is some confusion as to which date this performance belongs.